Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Karen Beck Pooley Gone. Was Muhlenberg College Professor/Hubby Jeff To Blame?

[Update: LVS's inconvenient facts force Jeff Pooley into blogging retirement but is it already too late to save his job? Stay tuned for 'bombshell no one will see coming' on this story ...] We've never heard anything but good things about the now ex-head of the Allentown Redevelopment Authority Karen Beck Pooley PhD who resigned yesterday, see Morning Call "newspaper" account.

Another story altogether, however, is Karen Beck Pooley's under-achieving total embarrassment of a husband, stoner Muhlenberg College assistant professor of media and communication, Jeff Pooley.

Co-dependently kissing up to both Allentown's card club of cranky curmudgeon native elder know-it-alls and "new boy network" wanna-be in power types at his precociously precious and passive-aggressive blog Allentown Afterthoughts, assistant professor Pooley routinely encourages kvetching sabotage of popular Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski ... his wife's now ex-employer. Hey. Some savvy 'media and communication' there, assistant professor P.

But the last straw may have been the hate speech and libel forum Jeff Pooley enabled for Mayor Pawlowski's most delusional detractor, outgoing VP of Allentown City Council (and Cedar Crest College "ethics" professor), W. Michael Donovan.

Although Allentown City Council as a whole has been a continuous source of head-shaking embarrassment for the squeaky clean Pawlowski administration, the in-depth and shocking exposé of Jeff Pooley's pal W. Michael Donovan by 69 News ... coupled w/ provoking blogger Pooley's afterthought fanning of the flames ... sadly, may have made Karen Beck Pooley's position vulnerable.

We wish her well.

Read related LVS story on the sadistic apathy of Muhlenberg College and Cedar Crest College presidents Carmen Twillie Ambar and Peyton Randy Helm

23 comments:

The City Official said...

"Councilwoman Jeanette Eichenwald said at a council meeting last week that she remains "confused and perplexed" as to why the administration decided to target such a successful authority." -Morning Call "newspaper"

This post may be your answer, Jeanette.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

(that was quick) Nutty Professor Pooley pops in ...

Domain Name > muhlenberg.edu (Educational)
IP Address > 192.104.181.# (Muhlenberg College)
ISP > Muhlenberg College

Time of Visit > Mar 9 2011 9:28:56 am

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Pooley again? Peyton "Randy?"

Domain Name > muhlenberg.edu (Educational)
IP Address > 192.104.181.# (Muhlenberg College)
ISP > Muhlenberg College

Time of Visit > Mar 9 2011 10:39:17 am

Anonymous said...

Jeff Pooley praising a snake like Jarrett Renshaw is classic Pooley passive-aggressive. Nobody savaged both Mayor Pawlowski and the Villa family more unfiarly than ex-Morning Call "reporter" Jarrett Renshaw and Pooley of course knows this.....

Bill Villa said...

Yep.

Professor Pooley anointed hisself our blogosphere's local mainstream media critic and "conscience" but all he ever does is blindly pander and praise The Morning Call "newspaper" while blaming any shortcomings they may have on the Tribune Company, a real tired ploy from our compromised lapdog blogosphere playbook.

Media critic Pooley's got two blind eyes (and not one keystroke of "conscience") for 100% Intregrity-Free Morning Call bullshit such as ...

* John Micek's Truth Concealing

* Jarrett Renshaw's Truth Concealing

* Bill White's Truth Concealing

* Mike Miorelli's Truth Concealing

* Daryl Isherwood's Truth Concealing

* Manny Gamiz's Truth Concealing

* Paul Carpenter's Truth Concealing

* Debbie Garlicki's Truth Concealing

Must be the Tribune Company who's concealing all this local truth, right Jeff?

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Pusillanimous 'N Pouting Pooley on Patrol :)

Domain Name > muhlenberg.edu (Educational)
IP Address > 192.104.181.# (Muhlenberg College)
ISP > Muhlenberg College

Time of Visit > Mar 9 2011 2:12:45 pm

Time of Visit > Mar 9 2011 1:12:09 pm

Time of Visit > Mar 9 2011 12:00:04 pm

Time of Visit > Mar 9 2011 11:13:49 am

Time of Visit > Mar 9 2011 11:04:06 am

Time of Visit > Mar 9 2011 10:39:17 am

Time of Visit > Mar 9 2011 9:28:56 am

Bill Villa said...

Jeff Pooley said...

Afterthoughts on Afterthoughts

"This is my last blog post, mainly because of unending online and email harassment from Bill Villa. It’s really not worth going through the particulars: Anyone who has spent more than a few minutes in the LV blogosphere knows the backstory, and I’d rather not call any more attention to him. More of the same, perhaps worse than usual, today.

His charges are, of course, complete and utter nonsense. Still, I have less than no interest in engaging in a tit-for-tat online exchange. It’s not my temperament, and I’d rather focus my energies elsewhere—on my family, my teaching, and my scholarly work. And on improving my Center City neighborhood, despite the city’s self-inflicted injuries.

Reading those sentences over, I realize they sound bitter. I’m not—not at all.

I enjoyed the blogging and may post a guest post somewhere else from time to time. I will also keep Afterthoughts up for its archives." -Jeff Pooley

Bill Villa said...

(almost forgot)

Monkey Mambo said...

Blogging quitter Jeff Pooley really quit because of blogging quitter LVCI, he's just blaming Villa. Classic Pooley, dishonest to the "end" (wink wink), oh I see LVCI is un-quitted, who's making a comeback next, Chris Crazy? Thank goodness for the stability, sanity and truth of LVS.

The Blogging Pastor said...

Obviously, Professor (for now) Pooley can dish it out but he can't take it. No wonder he fits in so well in the neocon local blogosphere. Or did, anyways :) for a while there. Buh bye "Doctor" Jeff.

Bill Villa said...

Email, Outgoing, to recently retired local blogger and Muhlenberg College assistant professor of media and communication, Jeff Pooley.

On Mar 9, 2011, at 7:35:53 PM, Bill Villa wrote:

Subject Heading: Burrito Works Works For Moi

Hey Jeff, I'd like to "bury the hatchet."

Q. Are you free for lunch tomorrow?

I was thinking Burrito Works.

What time works for you?

I'll let you buy :)

Bill Villa
610.428.xxxx

Doug said...

I bet Jim Martin quits next ...

Anonymous said...

"Karen Beck Pooley ... we wish her well."

You're a class act Villas, big congrats on another big win.

Bill Villa said...

Thanks.

We're undefeated.

All challengers lose to us sooner or later.

WHY WE FIGHT

Anonymous said...

Payback's a bitch named Jeff Pooley.

Look at the Team Donovan/Casey who's who of those bidding Pooley fond farewell, it's all the same cretins who've been cyber harassing the Villa family for 3 years. Pooley continuously pledged his allegiance to these sadists. Sadly, he picked the losing team. Oh well.

Bill Villa said...

Jeff Pooley deserves far, far worse than whatever "discomfort" he's feeling over this post, his wife's termination, and his forced retirement from blogging.

Posing as our blogosphere's "media & communication" expert, Jeff Pooley has not only turned a compliantly blind eye to the rabid "media & communication" truth concealing and cyber stalking crap that's been perpetrated on my family by The Morning Call "newspaper," Michael Donovan, and its other attack dog bloggers. Pooley has actually cyber cheered them all on, name-checking them, praising them for illiterate bullshit posts, and basically being a passive-aggressive pusillanimous pixie pussy.

We are "guilty" of this and only this: we dish it back, much more devastatingly than it is dished at us.

Oopsie.

Muhlenberg should fire Jeff Pooley.

Cedar Crest should fire Michael Donovan.

Lehigh should fire Bill White.

In the meantime, LVS will be their consequences.

Bill Villa said...

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight

" ... passive-aggressive pusillanimous pixie pussy."

Domain Name > muhlenberg.edu (Educational)
IP Address > 192.104.181.# (Muhlenberg College)
ISP > Muhlenberg College

Time of Visit > Mar 10 2011 8:34:21 am

Anonymous said...

I love the way they call facts "harassment" :)

Bill Villa said...

Yeah, me too.

But sadly, in a real court, it doesn't work.

Even when DA Jim Martin gets your phony harassment charges approved by the state attorney general ...

ain't that right, John Micek?

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Readers, not surprisingly, the IP address spotted stalking LVS most obsessively/compulsively these days is "LehighCounty.org" and these folks would of course include DA Jim Martin, "Executive Aide" (wink wink) Debbie Garlicki, DA Jim Martin shield/sycophant Merrily Starkey, Detective Dennis Steckel, and Chief Deputy DA Dog Renee Smith among others (e.g., Judge Steinberg).

Domain Name > ptd.net
IP Address > 204.186.62.# (PenTeleData)
Host > LehighCounty.org
City > Allentown, PA

Time of Visit > Mar 10 2011 9:26:52 am

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

"Team Martin" stalker (probably Bill White) ...

Domain Name > ptd.net (Network)
IP Address > 204.186.244.# (PenTeleData)
City > "Walnutport" (wink wink)

Time of Visit > Mar 10 2011 8:09:53 am

Lu said...

Villas, be sure to email a link to this post to Cedar Crest College and Muhlenberg College presidents Carmen Twillie Ambar and Peyton R. Helm, they richly deserve the bad publicity.

Bill Villa said...

Will do.